BSNL app to help customers make landline calls via mobile

New Delhi, March 17

State-owned BSNL today unveiled an app through which its customers travelling abroad will be able to connect their landlines through mobile and make calls through them without attracting ISD charges.

The Fixed Mobile Telephony service, to be operational from April 2, will, however, attract monthly charge. “Under FMT, we have virtually turned fixed lines into mobiles. Now, BSNL customers will be able to seamlessly connect their fixed line phone and mobile phone through a BSNL mobile application,” said BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava.

“After installing the app, customers will be able to use their mobile phone to make calls using fixed line connection from anywhere in the world from April 2 onward,” he said. Customers will be able to use landline phones to make calls using mobile network as well.

“We are working on tariff for this add-on service. It will be fixed charge on monthly basis for both pre-paid and post-paid customers. However, customers will have to pay call rates as per the network they use,” Shrivastava said. If they use landline network, then landline plan rates will apply and if they use mobile network then they will have to pay as per their mobile phone bill plan, he said.

Under this technology, BSNL has plans to introduce SMS facility on landline phones. “In 2-3 months, BSNL will start providing SMS facility on landline phones. Like calling facility under FMT, people will be able to send and receive SMS on landline phones as well,” BSNL CGM Anil Jain said. BSNL’s another facility — fixed mobile convergence — unveiled today, will enable customers to connect up to four devices, mobile and fixed line phones, with each other. — PTI